MrKlunk
Just got it firing!
Help!
I’m not mechanically minded to please excuse the layman’s language/descriptions
In April I bought a Moto Guzzi V7ii (2015). Full MG service history. 3500 miles. Bike was mint and had a new battery fitted by the seller.
Did about 500 miles and it was fine but then it developed an issue.
When I leave the house the throttle was a bit fluffy, but when I got on the dual carriageway it was losing power, felt like starving for fuel. Traffic was very busy and I was attempting to pull into the verge when it came back to life but I lost confidence and turned back home. At one point I closed the throttle and it actually 'revved itself' from 2-3000K!! Very strange. When it happens, if I change up/down and rev it it comes back to life and never completely dies.
Every time I that I rode the bike I got the same problem. But once it’s going it’ll run fine at high speed. Stop for a coffee and start again and the same issue happens. Felt like fuel starvation to me but I since had it checked out by two biker contacts, one of them a retired mechanic, into Guzzis and the consensus is it’s an electriconis problem and needs to go to a MG dealer to be plugged into ECU. One guy said he thought it might be a problem with the throttle position sensor but when I called the dealer he said if that was the case there would be a warning light on the dash?
Plugs and caps were checked and look like new.
The other brand bike dealers here wouldn't look at it as 'no ECU'.
One thing I’m wondering about, the bike is fitted with a black box/booster box device that apparently helps with the fuel injection system to smooth out the throttle at lower speeds and help prevent stalling when cold (which this model is notorious for apparently). The dealer said 1st thing he would do is remove that.
I’ve totally lost confidence in the bike which after a nine-week wait is being couriered 150 miles to the nearest dealer in Falkirk next week (i'm in Aberdeen). He did a bit of ‘teeth-sucking’ when I said it was intermittent and I hope the fault is obvious to them when they get it. It needs a few short, stop/start rides. Maybe one of the mechanics can use it to commute for a few days.
Pretty gutted that I’ve not been able to use it all summer and I’m also worried that when I go down to pick it up and ride back to Aberdeen the problem will still be there. Any thoughts/wisdom appreciated. Cheers
I’m not mechanically minded to please excuse the layman’s language/descriptions
In April I bought a Moto Guzzi V7ii (2015). Full MG service history. 3500 miles. Bike was mint and had a new battery fitted by the seller.
Did about 500 miles and it was fine but then it developed an issue.
When I leave the house the throttle was a bit fluffy, but when I got on the dual carriageway it was losing power, felt like starving for fuel. Traffic was very busy and I was attempting to pull into the verge when it came back to life but I lost confidence and turned back home. At one point I closed the throttle and it actually 'revved itself' from 2-3000K!! Very strange. When it happens, if I change up/down and rev it it comes back to life and never completely dies.
Every time I that I rode the bike I got the same problem. But once it’s going it’ll run fine at high speed. Stop for a coffee and start again and the same issue happens. Felt like fuel starvation to me but I since had it checked out by two biker contacts, one of them a retired mechanic, into Guzzis and the consensus is it’s an electriconis problem and needs to go to a MG dealer to be plugged into ECU. One guy said he thought it might be a problem with the throttle position sensor but when I called the dealer he said if that was the case there would be a warning light on the dash?
Plugs and caps were checked and look like new.
The other brand bike dealers here wouldn't look at it as 'no ECU'.
One thing I’m wondering about, the bike is fitted with a black box/booster box device that apparently helps with the fuel injection system to smooth out the throttle at lower speeds and help prevent stalling when cold (which this model is notorious for apparently). The dealer said 1st thing he would do is remove that.
I’ve totally lost confidence in the bike which after a nine-week wait is being couriered 150 miles to the nearest dealer in Falkirk next week (i'm in Aberdeen). He did a bit of ‘teeth-sucking’ when I said it was intermittent and I hope the fault is obvious to them when they get it. It needs a few short, stop/start rides. Maybe one of the mechanics can use it to commute for a few days.
Pretty gutted that I’ve not been able to use it all summer and I’m also worried that when I go down to pick it up and ride back to Aberdeen the problem will still be there. Any thoughts/wisdom appreciated. Cheers